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      <p class="para_topic">Generating animation, High Quality Image renders each frame and stores the data in the specified MPEG file. The work view is used to do the actual rendering, and any High Quality Image parameters in that view, such as background and lights are employed during the rendering.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Selecting the Generate Animation opens the Generate Animation dialog, where you specify the range of frames to generate and save in the MPEG file.</p>
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      <p class="para_topic">The initial values for the Start Frame and End Frame fields are, respectively, zero and the total number of frames in the animation.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">You can use the Start Frame and End Frame fields to breakup the processing of a large animation, distributing the processing over a number of workstation, specifying a range of frames for each. At the end of processing you can concatenate the MPEG files together, forming an extended movie sequence.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Selecting OK or Apply begins the generation process. Pressing Cancel exits the dialog without starting the generation process.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Once it has begun, you can abort the animation generation process with &lt;Ctrl&gt;&lt;Shift&gt;L.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">Messages that mark its progress are displayed in the Status line during animation generation.</p>
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